Fat, Crazy, and Tired: Tales from the Trenches of Transformation
By: Van Lathan Jr.
4.13
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Podcaster and former TMZ host Van Lathan Jr. writes a sharp, funny, and brutally honest, cultural c…
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1. Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
By: Anne Lamott
3.70
Format: 176 pages, Hardcover
From the bestselling author of Help, Thanks, Wow and Stitches comes a powerful exploration of mercy… read more
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"...being sober delivered almost everything drinking promised."-Anne Lamott, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
"...my disease wanted me dead, but would settle for getting me drunk..."-Anne Lamott, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
"Sigh: who was it who said that to get into heaven, you needed a letter of recommendation from the poor?"-Anne Lamott, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
"Trauma, which is stored differently in the brain than memory, seeps out of us as warnings of worse to come."-Anne Lamott, Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy
2. How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America
By: Kiese Laymon
4.03
Format: 453 pages, Paperback
Author and essayist Kiese Laymon is one of the most unique, stirring, and powerful new voices in Am… read more
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3. Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy and Lasting Fulfillment
By: Tal Ben-Shahar
3.91
Format: 192 pages, Hardcover
Can You Learn to Be Happy? YES . . . according to the teacher of Harvard University's most popular … read more
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4. Pryor Convictions: and Other Life Sentences
By: Richard Pryor , Todd Gold
3.50
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
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5. Real Love: The Art of Mindful Connection
By: Sharon Salzberg
0.00
Format: None pages,
You are a person worthy of love. You don't have to do anything to deserve all the love in the world… read more
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6. But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
By: Chuck Klosterman
4.06
Format: None pages, Hardcover
We live in a culture of casual certitude. This has always been the case, no matter how often that c… read more
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7. The Breaks of the Game
By: David Halberstam
3.73
Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback
"Among the best books ever written on professional basketball." The Philadelphia Inquirer David Hal… read more
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8. Smokejumper: A Memoir by One of America's Most Select Airborne Firefighters
By: Jason A. Ramos
4.17
Format: 510 pages, ebook
A rare inside look at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute … read more
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9. Black AF History: The Un-Whitewashed Story of America
By: Michael Harriot
4.59
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly… read more
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10. His Name Is George Floyd: One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
By: Robert Samuels
4.52
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
A landmark biography by two prizewinning Washington Post reporters that reveals how systemic racism… read more
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11. MCU: The Reign of Marvel Studios
By: Joanna Robinson
4.22
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A superb chronicle of how Marvel Studios conquered Hollywood…. T… read more
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12. Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture
By: Sara Petersen
3.35
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
On Instagram, the private work of mothering is turned into a public performance, generating bil… read more
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13. There's Just One Problem...: True Tales from the Former, One-Time, 7th Most Powerful Person in WWE
By: Brian Gewirtz
4.12
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
Former WWE head writer Brian Gewirtz brings readers behind the scenes for an unprecedented look at … read more
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14. Ringmaster: Vince McMahon and the Unmaking of America
By: Abraham Riesman
3.75
Format: 464 pages, ebook
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “Riveting, essential reading.” —Rick Perlstein, author of Reaganl… read more
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15. Grief Is Love: Living with Loss
By: Marisa Renee Lee
4.17
Format: 178 pages, Hardcover
Author Marisa Renee Lee reveals that healing does not mean moving on after losing a loved one heali… read more
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16. Heavy
By: Kiese Laymon
4.48
Format: 248 pages, Kindle Edition
In this powerful and provocative memoir, genre-bending essayist and novelist Kiese Laymon explores … read more
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"The violent white backlash to Obama’s victory will still be unlike anything we’d ever seen..."-Kiese Laymon, Heavy
"Y'all taught me that unacknowledged scars accumulated in battles won often hurt more than battles lost."-Kiese Laymon, Heavy
"Even when I know you're lying to me, I just feel crazy sorry for you. Why? Because I can just tell you'll never let me carry what you're hiding."-Kiese Laymon, Heavy
"The nation as it is currently constituted has never dealt with a yesterday or tomorrow where we were radically honest, generous, and tender with each other."-Kiese Laymon, Heavy
17. Battle of Ink and Ice: A Sensational Story of News Barons, North Pole Explorers, and the Making of Modern Media
By: Darrell Hartman
3.84
Format: 400 pages, Hardcover
"Absolutely gripping… a perfectly splendid read—I highly, highly recommend it” -- Douglas Preston, … read more
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18. Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood
By: Gretchen Sisson
4.38
Format: 311 pages, Hardcover
A powerful decade-long study of adoption in the age of Roe, revealing the grief of the American mot… read more
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19. Scenes from My Life: A Memoir
By: Michael K. Williams
4.49
Format: 259 pages, Hardcover
A moving, unflinching memoir of hard-won success, struggles with addiction, and a lifelong mission … read more
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20. Miss Me With That: Hot Takes, Helpful Tidbits and a Few Hard Truths
By: Rachel Lindsay
3.96
Format: 320 pages, Hardcover
ABOUT MISS ME WITH THAT A candid, witty, and inspiring collection of essays from The Bachelor’s fi… read more
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21. Real Love
By: Rachel Lindsay
3.23
Format: 320 pages, Paperback
Reality-TV love may look tempting, but real love could change everything in the debut novel from th… read more
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22. Straight Shooter: A Memoir of Second Chances and First Takes
By: Stephen A. Smith
4.15
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
America’s most popular sports media figure tells it like it is in this surprisingly personal book, … read more
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23. The World Deserves My Children
By: Natasha Leggero
3.70
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
A laugh-out-loud funny collection of insightful and razor-sharp essays on motherhood in our post-ap… read more
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"I meet twenty-three-year-olds who need to watch a ten-second video on their phones to figure out how much milk to put in their coffee."-Natasha Leggero, The World Deserves My Children
24. It Was All a Dream: Biggie and the World That Made Him
By: Justin Tinsley
4.22
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
Culture journalist Justin Tinsley’s It Was All a Dream is “a deeply reported saga of the ephemeral,… read more
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25. By the Time You Read This: The Space between Cheslie's Smile and Mental Illness—Her Story in Her Own Words
By: April Simpkins
4.18
Format: 221 pages, Kindle Edition
By the Time You Read This is the story former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst was about to publish before he… read more
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26. You Can't Lose Them All: Tales of a Degenerate Gambler and His Ridiculous Friends
By: Sal Iacono
3.61
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
In this informative and entertaining book, learn from Cousin Sal how not to gamble your life away -… read more
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27. Uphill: A Memoir
By: Jemele Hill
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
One of Oprah Daily 's Best Fall Nonfiction Books of 2022 An empowering, unabashedly bold memoir by… read more
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28. Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks
By: Charlamagne Tha God
3.91
Format: 240 pages, Hardcover
An Atria Book. Atria Books has a great book for every reader. read more
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29. Fat, Crazy, and Tired: Tales from the Trenches of Transformation
By: Van Lathan Jr.
4.13
Format: 208 pages, Hardcover
Podcaster and former TMZ host Van Lathan Jr. writes a sharp, funny, and brutally honest, cultural c… read more
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- african american
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30. Who's That Girl?: A Memoir
By: Eve.
4.11
Format: 272 pages, Hardcover
The definitive autobiography from Eve, the multiplatinum, Grammy Award®–winning, Emmy®-nominated ra… read more
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31. The Message
By: Ta-Nehisi Coates
4.58
Format: 232 pages, Hardcover
Ta-Nehisi Coates originally set off to write a book about writing, in the tradition of Orwell’s cla… read more
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"My sense is that if I spend more time talking to you than I spend complaining about you, then something wonderful often happens and the enlightenment is mutual. So I don't really worry about the youn…"-Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Message
